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Help! Major Library Management Issues

We are doing our first guinea pig project in Archicad 9 (through Teamwork) and Plotmaker 9. We had several successful plots out of Plotmaker before we started encountering problems: - Some drawings brought into Plotmaker are encountering library load...

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Exploding polylines in Plotmaker 9

Is it possible to explode polylines in plotmaker, all slabs and roofs in pmk files are transformed in to polylines, and it can not be exploded.

Window and Door opening line

My windows and doors seem to be acting up. It's not a new development, but I just haven't gotten around to asking this before. Apparently some, or most of my windows (casement mostly) and doors don't show the opening line in elevation properly. It's ...

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not published layers

some of my layers will not be published. totally 3 layers (objects,hatches) do not appear in the plotmaker file. during the time I am publishing the layers are visible, but they don't appear in the plotmaker file. Jens

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Amyuni: Document Optimization Failed / hyperlinks

I use 9.0 and whenever I use the Amyuni driver I get a message that states "Document optimization failed". Does anyone know what this means? In my Amyuni preferences, I check both the Automatic conversion to hyperlinks and Web optimization options. I...

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HP450C Plotter 30" Roll is Missing?

Hi, I am trying to use a 30" size ROLL paper by 42" deep, F size with my HP450C which handles up-to 36" roll. In Plotter setting for this plotter the 30" roll is missing, any suggestion on what to do or how to fake the plotter? I am on Mac platform. ...

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DWGs not printing in Plotmaker 9.

I am comparing some dwg files and using plotmaker to print them superimposed. But nothing is showing up. I see title block, and Plotmaker linework, but no DWG. I checked pens, and they are the same as PM linework. Any ideas? Nathan

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Which Plotter for Mac OSX??

Hello, I know this has been asked before, but as I have searched through, I can't find a consenus. Here's my situation: I am running AC9 on a G5 Mac (dual 2.0gHz) and need a 24" plotting solution, instead of the PDF option which has worked fine, but ...

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Plotmaker Error

I am having difficulty accessing a layout book in Plotmaker 9.0. The error message appears half way through loading the selected layout book. I have been able to open the backup and re-save the file in multiple backup locations, but when I come back ...

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Library loading problems from detail views in PM9

I am a new user of ArchiCAD and PM (and liking both a lot, so far), but as we've just upgraded to 9 at our office, no one seems to have an answer for this issue. I am receiving a "library loading error while generating view" message in PM 9 when I im...

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